392 pages – 150 illustrations

Language: Italian

Contains the cards of the Major Arcana

Oswald Wirth’s work dedicated to the Tarot is the most famous ever published on this topic; and it is also the most important, the most serious and the most complete. This explains how it has maintained its validity over time, despite the fact that numerous authors have tried to emulate it. In reality, it can be defined as an inspired work. In fact, it is known that Oswald Wirth, who lived between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, was an initiate. Affiliated to the main secret societies, Wirth had the merit of being able to understand and synthesize the thought and principles of the most important initiatory currents, using them for the interpretation of the secrets of the Great Work, and dedicating himself to the study of Alchemy, the Cabal and the Tarot. Aware of the universal value of the symbol, Oswald Wirth believed he could trace the teaching of the various esoteric schools to a common matrix, through the use of a generalized symbolism, derived directly from the archetypal concepts of magical thought. He therefore examines the Tarot as a silent book, potentially capable of answering all questions. Not for occultists, they say that – knowing how to search – in the Tarot you can find the secrets of the universe, the hidden rhythm that guides the dance of life. Wirth examines and explains all the occult and esoteric aspects of the Tarot, going back to the origins of their complex symbolism and presenting its alchemical, astrological, magic-religious and modern esoteric side. Of course, the Tarot can also be used as a divinatory tool, and the author in fact also illustrates their aspect, clarifying the multiple meanings of each Arcanum and how to use them, however this is only one face, perhaps the most popular , of a polyhedron. By deepening the study of the Tarot you will always find new meanings and always, however, adequate to the initiatory and evolutionary level of the one who is dedicated to it.